Eaves-trough hanger



Feb. 2 1926.

E. L. KNAB Emas TRoUGH HANGER Filed March 2ol lzs 6 Fillfllllu.

Patented Feb. 2, 1926.

UITE STATES rarnur Vcri-ace.

ELMER L. KNAB, OF RGCHESTER, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR, BY DIRECT AND MESNE AS- SIGNMENTS, TO THE KNAB CORPORATION,

ronarroit or NEW YORK.

OE ROCI-IESTER, NEW YORK, A COR- EAVES-TROUGH HANGER.

Application filed March 20, 1925.

T0 all whom it may concern:

Be it Iknown that I, ELMER L. KNAB, a citizen of tlie United States, residing at Rocliester, iii tlie couiity of Monroe` and State of New York, have invented certain iiew and useful Iinproveiiients in Eaves- Trough Haiigers, of Which the following is a specificatio-n.

Tlie object of tliis inveiitioii is to provide a new aiid improved type o-f hanger for supporting eaves trouglis.

This and otlier objects of tliis invention will be fully illustrated in tlie drawing, described in tlie specification and poiiited out iii the claims at the end thei'eof.

ln the accompaiiying:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of tlie eaves trough hanger with an eaves trough or gutter shown supported therein.

Figue 2 is a vertical sectional view of the eaves trougli hanger.

Figure 3 is a detail perspective view of one form of the supportiiig bracket for the eaves trough hanger.

Figure 4 is a front elevation of anothei1 fo-i'in of the supporting bracket for the eaves trougli hanger.

Figure 5 is a horizontal Sectional view of tlie eaves trough hanger and its supporting bracket, the section being taken on the line .SX-5X of Figure 1. I

Figure G is a vertical cross section of the eaves trough hanger, the section being taken oii the line 6f 61 of Figure 1.

Figures 7 and 8 are Sectional views of a inodilied form of the construction of the hanger.

Iii the several Iigures of the drawing like reference nuiiierals indicate like parts.

Eaves troughs or gutters inust be supported on the edgeof roofs so as to catch the water running off or dripping therefroin and Conduct tliis water to a predeterniined point iii the eaves trougli or gutter from Whence a conductor pipe carries the water off into the sewer. In supporting` the eaves trough or'gutter it is, therefore, of utinost importance that the eaves trough or gutter be held suspended so that it quickly drains all of tlie water thatruns into it from the roof. The supports or hangers for the eaves trough or gutters must, therefore, be attached to the house to support the eaves trough a't the proper angle or pitch.

Serial No. 16,975.

Iii order to facilitate this in the most convenieiit inaiiner the eaves trough hanger foriniiig the subject matter of my present iiiventioii is provided witli an adjustnient that makes it possible to raise or lower the eaves trough or gutter at any point until it is supported at the desired angle throughout its full length. The eaves trough hanger is also constructed so that this adjustinent niay be inade quickly after the eaves trough lias been placed into the hanger.

As illustrated in the figures of the drawing the hanger comprises a vertical bracket l foriiied up of sheet nietal. The sides of this bracket are beiit up to form tivo aiigular runways 2 and 3 one on each side of the bracket. The upper eiid of the bracket is left flat .and is provided With a series of holes 4, 4 thru whicli nails can be driveii to fasten the bracket iii place on the side of a house. elongated blister or rib 5 struck up thereon in order to increase the rigidity thereof. In the elongated blister are provided horizontal ridges 6 or suitable round depressions 7 or in fact any serrations in one form or another for a purpose that will presently appear.

The two angular runways forined oii each side of the bracket form a dovetailed groove in which the haiiger 8 proper is clainped in place. This hanger is hent up of sheet metal in the form of an inverted channel having a semi-circular outline, ei:- cept for a short length atthe end thereof which is left straight. This straight section of the haiiger has its tlanges spread aiigularly so as to be parallel to the angular fianges of the bracket between which they are clainped in place. The short straight section of the hanger proper is adapted to telescope into the dovetailed groove of the bracket. A set screw 9 is threaded into the straight section'of the hanger froin the front thereof so that its end engages into the ridges or depressions in the bracket 1` T'Vhen drawii tight the set screw forces the angular flaiiges of the hanger against the angular flanges of the bracket while at the same time engaging into the ridges or depression in the bracket 1. In this vav the haiiger can be looked securely in place in the bracket at any desired elevation thereon.

The middle of the bracket has an.

The free end of the hanger has the flanges cut away on the side forming a flat extension 10 thereon that is bent outwardly and upwardly of the hanger. This provides a lcdge on Which the cylindrical bead of the eaves trough to b'e suspended by' the hanger is adapted to rest. The eaves trough or gutter is placed into the hanger With the inner and thin edge placed under the head of the set screW 9 and the outer and beaded edge located on the ledge formed on the outside of the hanger. The fiat extension is then bent over the beaded edge of the eaves trough or gutter to hold the gutter or eaves trough in place in the hanger so that it cannot disengage itself from it.

In placing the eaves trough hanger on a building the upper end of the bracket is first fastened thereto by driving nails thru the three holes 4, 4 in the upper end thereof and the one hole 12 provided near the lower end of the braclet. lVhen the bracket is to be fastened to the side the form illustrated in Figure t is used and When the bracket is to be anchored underneath the shingles of the roof the form illustrated in Figure 3 is used. The latter form has itsV flat end bent back at an angle of t5 degrees so 'as to conform as closely as possible to the pitch of the roof to Which it is to be anchored. After the brackets are in place the hangers are temporarily attached thereto by sliding the vertical straight inner end of the hanger into the dovetailed groove of the hanger and then threading the set screW of the hanger against the bracket and into one of the ridges of depressions. The manner in Which the flanges forming the angular runways are bent up on the bracket provides angular guides at the top of these guide Ways so that When the straight section of the hanger is to be attached to the hanger it can be readily slipped into the dovetailed groove from the top as the angular ends of the angular runways forming the dovetailed groove Will guide the flanges of the straight section of the hanger in place in the dovetailed slot.

After the Vhanger is in place on the bracket and thefleaves through and gut-ter is placed into the hanger, the hanger may be raised or lowered With the eaves trough until the eaves trough is placed at the proper angle or pitch along the edge of the roof. This is done by simply releasing the set scren' 9 until its end has been disengaged from the ridges' or depressions in the bracket after Which the hanger can be moved np er down in the dovetailed groove in the bracket and again be clamped therein after the desired clevation has been reached.

The cross section of the hanger as illustrated in Figures 1, 2 and 6 is that of an inverted channel having vertical Sides.

This may be changed to the cross section illustrated in Figure 7 by bending the sides of the channel inwardly to'reduce the thickness of the hanger.

In Figure 8, I have illustrated another cross section of the hanger in Which the flanges thereof are brought together Without a space between them and instead of an inverted channel the bracket consists of two parallel flanges placed side by side.

I claim:

1. In an .eaves trough hanger, the combination of a bracket having a dovetailed groove at the front thereof, a stiifening rib in the bottom of said c'roove, depressions in said ystiffening rib, a hanger having a straight section With tapering sides adapted to slide in the dovetailed groove inV said bracket, a set screvv threaded into said hanger and adapted to engage the depressions in said stifi'ening rib in said bracket and force the tapered Sides of said hanger from the inside against the inner side of the dovetailed grooves in said bracket.

2. In an eaves trough hanger, the coinbination of a bracket having a dovetailed groove at the front thereof, a sti'fening rib in the bottom of said grooves depressions in said stiffening rib, a hanger having a straight section With tapering sides adapted to slide in the dovetailed groove in said bracket, a set screW threaded into said hanger and adapted to engage the depressions in said stiifening rib in said bracket and force the tapered Sides of said hanger from the inside against the inner side of the dovetailed grooves in said bracket, said set screw having a head, a ledge formed on the outer end of said braclet, a flexible extension projecting from the outside of said ledge, the eaves trough to be supported in said hanger being` adapted to engage under the head of said set screW with one side thereof, and rest. on said ledge on the outer' end of said bracliet With the outer edge, said flexible extension being adapted to lock the side of the eaves trough supported in said ledge in place thereon.

3. In an eaves trough hanger, the 'com- `bination of a bracket formed of sheet of said hanger and adapted to engage into the depressons in said blster and force the angular sides of Said hanger from the inside against the angular sdes of said dovetaled groove in said bracket, a fiat extension on .the Outer end of said semi-circular hnnger, said flat extension being bent outwardly and upWzLr-clly to form a ledge on the end of said hanger and allow the OuterV end of said extension to lock the edge of the eaves trough n place on said 10 ledge.

In testilnony whereof I afx my signal ture.

ELMER L. KNAB. 

